5 reasons to love fashion and football this week

This is the mother lode of all weeks for both fashion and football. Here’s why:

1. NFL’s 2010 season kicks off with the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. They take on Minnesota. (For super cute NFL gear, check out actress Alyssa Milano’s Touch line. No excuse not to look cute while watching the game.)

2. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week starts Friday in New York and continues through Sept. 17. This is the Mount Everest of all fashion shows, so I’ll be giving updates on my faves from the runway.

3. Anna Wintour’s brainchild national Fashion’s Night Out celebration is Friday with events in New York, LA, Boston Houston and other cities, even in Brazil. Macy’s Galleria (in the Nordstrom wing) has a 6 p.m. fashion show Friday and cosmetics style stops 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Sakes Fifth Avenue is having a night of style, makeovers and partying with a Rock Out and Make Up event at CITYCENTRE. Neiman Marcus is hosting 6 p.m.-8:30p.m. Friday Tools of the Trade demos with tips from beauty experts, a lash lounge and petite spa treatments and cocktails. A runway show is 7:45 p.m.

4. Simon Fashion Now at the Houston Galleria is Thursday through Saturday. An invitation-only fashion show takes place on the Galleria’s ice rink Thursday, then there’s a public fashion show party on Friday on the rink starting at 5:30, then every hour until 7:30 p.m. In-store promontions and discounts at Galleria stores will be available through Saturday.

5. Even Sugar Land is getting into the fashion game with its Town Square Fashion Week, which starts Thurday through Sept. 18. The kickoff fashion show happens on the 44-foot runway in front of city hall. Also, First Colony Mall will showcase fall fashion every Thursday in September with its afternoon Shop Smart Look Fab demos (near Ben Bridge Jeweler) to help shoppers interpret fall trends.